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News Do The Orthodox Feel Adequately Supported By Other Jews After A Violent Attack?
Amid the mourning and sorrow in the aftermath of the attack on a kosher grocery store in Jersey City, some Jews felt something else: The sense that attacks on Orthodox Jews don’t garner as much sympathy from their non-Orthodox brethren. Few seem to care about the attacks on Jews in Brooklyn. Why? The Jews being…
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News Is It Anti-Semitism, Or NIMBYism? Lawsuits Multiply As Towns Struggle With Growing Orthodox Population
On a county road south of the Haredi hub of Lakewood, N.J., sits an old egg farm that is at the heart of a lawsuit over anti-Semitism that could seriously impact a suburban town’s bottom line. The farm, dormant since about 2005, is one of a dwindling number of undeveloped lots in an area that…
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Fast Forward New York State Sues B&H Foto For Tax Fraud
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the Orthodox-owned B&H Photo for failing to pay more than $7 million in taxes, according to a complaint filed today in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The attorney general’s office alleges the photo and electronics retailer intentionally miscalculated the amount it was supposed…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Father Of 3 Ordered By Judge To Stop With The Sex Parties
An Orthodox father of three appears to be leading a life that is not completely kosher. No, he’s not sneaking bacon, he’s holding sex parties in his East Village apartment — and charging for entry, which allegedly violates the terms of his lease. On Friday, a Manhattan Supreme Court justice ruled that 33-year-old Avraham Adler,…
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Opinion No One Cares About Attacks Against The Orthodox Because You’ve Been Dehumanizing Us For Decades
You’ve all heard the story: A Haredi Jew violently assaulted in broad daylight somewhere in New York City. It happens so often now, with what is almost a chilling regularity, it’s virtually impossible to miss. According to the NYPD, anti-Semitic hate crimes have skyrocketed in the past year; the 145 complaints so far in 2019…
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Fast Forward 2 Kippah-Wearing Jewish Boys Assaulted In Toronto Suburb
(JTA) — Two Jewish boys wearing kippahs were assaulted in a Toronto suburb while they were walking on Shabbat. An 18-year-old male approached the boys, said to be 14, from behind as they walked in Thornhill, which has a large Jewish population. The assailant began swearing at the boys and then punched one of them…
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Fast Forward Housing Developers Sue New York Officials For Trying To Keep Out Hasidic Jews
(JTA) — The developers of a housing project in southeastern New York have sued public officials for trying to prevent the development to keep Hasidic Jews from moving in. The lawsuit filed earlier this month by The Greens at Chester developers in federal court in White Plains, New York alleges that town and county residents…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jewish Woman Promoted To Lead NSA Cybersecurity
(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish woman has been tapped to head the National Security Agency’s new Cybersecurity Directorate. Anne Neuberger of Baltimore has worked at the NSA for the past decade. She helped establish the U.S. Cyber Command and worked as chief risk officer, where she led the agency’s election security efforts for the 2018…
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